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Finding Aid to the Robert Dollar Company Photographs, 1858-1960

Summary

Title:
Robert Dollar Company photographs, 1858-1960

Collection No. :
P77-007

Creator:
Robert Dollar Co.

Extent:
1365 items.

Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (Calif.)
Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, California 94123

Abstract:
The collection consists of images of the Dollar family, the Dollar lumber empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the many activities of the Dollar Steamship Lines across the globe throughout the first half of this century. Nearly all of the items are photographic prints, with small number of negatives at the beginning of the arrangement. Well over half of the items are from one of six different photo albums. As noted in the arrangement notes, the five series in the Dollar collection are: Vessels and Cargoes, People, The Lumber Trade, Office Views, and Other Dollar-Related Facilities, and Miscellanea.

Physical Location:
Historic Documents Department

Language:
In English.